Auto supplier seeks concessions from workers at IAC plant in Mendon

MENDON, MI -- An automotive supplier is seeking concessions from its more than 400 workers in Mendon.

International Automotive Components said this week it has asked its hourly workers at the former Lear factory in Mendon, who are represented by the United Automotive Workers union Local 503, to help the company reduce its costs.

IAC spokeswoman Julie Morey declined to specify how much in concessions the company was seeking.

The UAW's representative for Local 503 could not be reached for comment.

Morey said the company has already cut wages for its salaried management workers.

"It's not limited to hourly or union, it's really us having to seek concessions from all our stakeholders in the company," she said. "All these steps are necessary to ensure the viability of IAC."

Dearborn-based IAC, a privately held company that acquired much of Lear's North American auto interior parts business in 2006, also plans to seek concessions from an unspecified number of North American manufacturing plants, Morey said.

Morey said no date has been set by the union and company to formally discuss concessions.